London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1909
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1909
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legal proceedings. 83
The following statement compares last year's amounts (fines and costs) with those received during the 5 years, 1904-08.
| Health Cases. | Adulteration Cases. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 1909 | 52 | 6 | 6 | 86 | 6 | 6 |
| 1908 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 55 | 17 | 6 |
| 1907 | 69 | 19 | 0 | 31 | 16 | 6 |
| 1906 | 34 | 15 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 0 |
| 1905 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 126 | 17 | 0 |
| 1904 | 62 | 2 | 6 | 101 | 2 | 6 |
| 1909. | 1908. | 1907. | 1906 | 1905. | 1904. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average per conviction | Fine | £1 | 3 | 9 | £1 | 2 | 3 | £0 | 17 | 0 | £0 | 16 | 6 | £3 | 8 | 7 | £2 | 15 | 2 |
| Costs | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |